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The inferno is the first part of dante alighieri s poem, the divine comedy, which chronicles dante s journey to god, and is made up of the inferno hell, purgatorio purgatory, and paradiso paradise. For a discussion of the divine comedy in the context of dantes life and work, see dante. I found this edition of dante s most famous book of the divine comedy to be excellent in all respects. Read online and download full pdf of divine comedy. So, we guess you wouldnt mind having a walk with us through it, would you. Doing so will allow this index to be used with all the m.
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Written between 8 and 21, the threepart epic poem is wellknown as a literary classic. In the middle of the journey of our life, i came to myself, in a dark wood, where the direct way was lost. Read online the divine comedy by dante alighieri book pdf free download link book now. Dante divine comedy inferno 4 the divine comedy is a masterpiece of subject matter but it is also a masterpiece of dante s tuscan dialect which eventually became the literary language of the whole of italy.
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